Dylan William has called Cognative Load Theory “The most important thing that teachers should know”. In this episode, John explains what Cogniative Load Theory is and how the idea should transform not only what happens in your classroom but wha
How can we find the best way to teach?We pay large sums of money to listen to experts at conferences, we chat to our colleagues about what works best for them, we observe other colleagues, we get feedback from people observing our lessons about
How does the brain develop at different stages of our childhood? How should we educate children at different stages of their brain’s development? In this episode we explore what neurologists have uncovered about the development of the brain, fr
It is amazing what scientists have learnt in the past decade about the human brain and how it learns. It is almost as amazing how few people in education know about this research. This episode is a brief summary of some of the key findings that